Motherboard only running SATA1. Options?

grumpycrab

My desktop is ancient (Intel Core Q6600 on ASUS P5NE mb or something). Only appears to be running SATA1 and so SSD is rather underutilized. Is it possible to get a SATA3 card AND boot from it? (I guess the boot part is the problem?)

EDIT: blimey the ForumTeam has zapped my sig!?

Strider590

Yeah, they do that quite a lot, it'll be the result of a complaint. I got a post deleted for identifying that a poster might be Irish (from their name). I think some people don't like hearing the truth sometimes and lacking the intellect for a reasoned debate they abuse the system to get back at people.

I don't think what your asking is possible, PCI slots just don't have the bandwidth. Even the PCIE slots run at 1/3 the speed of Sata3.

NiftyDigits

P5N-E SLI is SATA 2 enabled

grumpycrab

NiftyDigits wrote: »

P5N-E SLI is SATA 2 enabled

Thanks for reading manual for me;) Wonder how I plugged into a SATA1 port then... will have a look later.

I_have_spoken

My desktop is ancient (Intel Core Q6600...

Mine too I went with a SSD on a PCI-e card as my boot 'drive'. It's recognised in the BIOS as a bootable volume (at least in Windows 7 or 10).

It's quicker than pretty much any SATA, but more expensive per GB.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00J69VM8A

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/pc-components/storage/ssd-solid-state/pci-express